Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm 2.8 summaron M-SM conversion
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 18:20:23 -0500

At 01:52 PM 1/9/98 -0800, Damian wrote:
>
>I was reading in an older Viewfinder V24 no 3. p. 23 about a conversion of
>a 35mm 2.8 summaron w/ bug eyes to a 35mm 2.8 summaron for SM, considered
>rare.  The article, by Randol Hooper, does not make clear whether the
>conversion was merely to deceive, or whether the conversion would actually
>be workable with a SM rangefinder.   Does anyone out there know more about
>this?  From my point of view a conversion such as this would be desirable
>if the resulting lens worked with my iiif.

Why not ask Randy directly at <LEICA_MAN@msn.com>?

Marc


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